French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1)

[KTChampions]

Kylian Mbappe at the end of his contract will receive a loyalty bonus of 80 million euros and today it is reported that Kylian Mbappe will receive half of his loyalty clause with PSG of 40 million euros. That means PSG has to provide quite a lot of money because the renewal of his contract with Mbappe requires him to guarantee this bonus.

I think saying he wants to stay this far means PSG have to spend that money and indeed this is one of the advantages why Mbappe doesn't want to leave PSG before his contract expires. Of course PSG is quite annoyed with this and on the other hand they also made such an agreement. It seems that PSG are no longer comfortable with Mbappe's behavior and want to sell him as soon as possible before Ligue 1 starts in 12 days.

In France and Spain, the transfer window closes on September 1st, so we will wait another month for this situation to be resolved. I thought that PSG would be able to sell Mbappe before August 1st, but it looks like they are not going to adequately reduce the price of him and thus he will leave them for free in a year. Well, they have a month left to change their outlook on things.

[Bananington]

Kylian Mbappe is one of the best players in the PSG team. But Kylian Mbappe doesn't want to stay at PSG right now. I believe Kylian Mbappe will be the next generation to leave PSG. PSG's aim to do well in the Champions League seems unlikely this season.

Why is it not possible? Is the reason simply because Kylian Mbappe wants to leave PSG, I think this can only be said as speculation because next season PSG could do well in the Champions League because everyone won't know how PSG will perform in the Champions League this season front. Even though it is predicted that if there are not the best players in a team, it will be very difficult for any team to perform well in the Champions League. But who knows if next season PSG's performance will look a little different from next season.

No one actually knows if mbappe really wants to leave PSG or he wants to punish the club and leave as a free agent next season. The whole rumour is becoming complicated and I do not understand what is actually happening. Some years ago PSG gave Kylian one of the finest bid and salary structure in football history and yet he wants to pay them back this way. What wrong has PSG done to him?
If bappe really wants to leave today, he will leave but he is just being silent over the whole issue.
And when you ask the Real Madrid boss, his will say that he does not discuss any footballer that is not in his team.

he would go in free agency, that was the answer.
if you look at the problems between Mbappe and PSG it will be very complicated and maybe you will have a headache understanding it because there is a connection between personal problems and problems with other players so Mbappe best way is to leave for free. its not like PSG leniency but it can be said if he wants to say that he is the best player and a lot of people want him, its not a question of money.
looks a little arrogant but many admit that he has good quality talent so if he feels he is not valued anymore in his own team he will prove that way and even though it is not the best way but indeed this is his decision.

but lets see what happens because we really dont know the real story and whether what I'm saying is true.

I really don't think Mbappe has any major problems. We would actually have to wait till the season begins to be able to properly place him in the category where he best fits.
He is no doubt one of the best and many clubs would scramble to sign him. He doesn't really want to stay on. I think he wants to stretch himself in another top league like premier league or Spanish league. These are two of the top most soccer leagues where his abilities would be put on a display and he might even get nominated as world best, if he supercedes expectation.
Let PSG allow the young player leave if he wants to because coercing him to play on when he doesn't really want to might make him struggle through the season also.

[famososMuertos]

PSG has always been a consistent team in the French league. And every season sees the league title won by PSG. Because according to the league PSG is a very strong team considering the strength of this team, other teams do not have such star players that is why this team wins the league title every time. PSG is one of the favorites in the France League next season and PSG will win the title next season. Even if Mbappe leaves PSG, this France League team is the favorite because apart from Mbappe, they have several other famous footballers in their team who have the ability to beat any team in France League.

That's why league 1 being so popular as farmer league. There's no club that has a chance to dominate the league other than PSG. PSG will always be winning the league and qualified for UCL but surprisingly this club has never won UCL since a long time ago.
PSG was strong in league 1 caused by there was not a strong team other than PSG. To be honest, if bundesliga is far better compared with league 1. I have high hopes that Strasbourg will see some significant improvements during the next season as it has been acquired by chelsea.
There will always be a UCL spot for PSG. PSG is still having neymar in the club, If mbappe gonna decide to leave from PSG. it's likely the time for mbappe to leave from the club becomes even closer than before.
I thought that if everything is still on the way right now. No messi no mbappe no problem. PSG can sign new player from another club that has same quality as those guys.

It is not possible, there is no hope that PSG will repeat a team like the one they had in UCL, no, not of the same quality, surely your opinion goes as a fan of that league or of the team (PSG).

If they couldn't win a UCL title with this trio of players in attack, it's not going to happen anymore, destined to be part of the teams that only expect a Midas touch from a footballer and that already happened when Messi and company played for PSG.

[Velvet78]

Lens got what they wanted from the previous season and now they are even in the Champions League. I don't expect them to do amazing things there of course. But even joining the group stage and being a part of it help them make a lot of extra money. You know a great deal of money is given to the teams in this stage just for joining it.

It is hard to believe in them to be this consistent in the Ligue 1 two seasons in a row for now. Because they are losing their players who played a big role in this success one by one lately.

[shogun47]

Lens got what they wanted from the previous season and now they are even in the Champions League. I don't expect them to do amazing things there of course. But even joining the group stage and being a part of it help them make a lot of extra money. You know a great deal of money is given to the teams in this stage just for joining it.

It is hard to believe in them to be this consistent in the Ligue 1 two seasons in a row for now. Because they are losing their players who played a big role in this success one by one lately.

Not to forget that there is a chance to catch a group that could be quite doable for them. The remarkable thing about Lens is that they didn't just come second in Ligue 1, but that they did it with 84 points and only lost 4 games last season. I guess this is enough of a warning to many clubs to not underestimate them. There wasn't any luck involved. Finishing the season with a 19 points advantage over Monaco is strong. With a bit of luck they can find a group that might leave them with a chance to successfully survive the group stage. I don't know Lens well, but I assume that this would be new territory for them.

[makishart]

In fact, that's not just about French League but in Bundesliga, we have the same situation and some other teams will never get the chance to race in the league for the top place of the table while Bayern Munich usually wins the title.
That's because of the more investment they do in the teams like PSG and compared to all other teams they have a much better financial situation.

True, that's why the major concern for bundesliga is the league lacks of club that have money to build a proper club. The league is always dominated by bayern. It's even easy to pick which club that's gonna be winning the game.
Bayern will always be winning the trophy, no matter what happened to another club. It likes said bundesliga is my trophy, and it's owned by me. Bayern did everything to dominate the league as well as buying the player from its competitor.
My this disappointment was on DFL which was not allowing investors to come and give funding to the small clubs. The bundesliga will always be owned by bayern caused by there will be no strong contender to compete with the club to win bundesliga.
Dortmund may able to win it as long as bayern played so badly in the league, but this is quite impossible to happen with bayern.

[W Jr.]

Lens got what they wanted from the previous season and now they are even in the Champions League. I don't expect them to do amazing things there of course. But even joining the group stage and being a part of it help them make a lot of extra money. You know a great deal of money is given to the teams in this stage just for joining it.

It is hard to believe in them to be this consistent in the Ligue 1 two seasons in a row for now. Because they are losing their players who played a big role in this success one by one lately.

Not to forget that there is a chance to catch a group that could be quite doable for them. The remarkable thing about Lens is that they didn't just come second in Ligue 1, but that they did it with 84 points and only lost 4 games last season. I guess this is enough of a warning to many clubs to not underestimate them. There wasn't any luck involved. Finishing the season with a 19 points advantage over Monaco is strong. With a bit of luck they can find a group that might leave them with a chance to successfully survive the group stage. I don't know Lens well, but I assume that this would be new territory for them.

Yes, they finished the league with less defeat than Paris SG. While Paris SG finished the league with 7 losses, Lens was defeated only 4 times. This should not be forgotten either. They have achieved important victories in the league. Although they do not have as strong a squad as Paris SG, it is something that proves their quality that they continue the leadership race so well.

[borovichok]

In fact, that's not just about French League but in Bundesliga, we have the same situation and some other teams will never get the chance to race in the league for the top place of the table while Bayern Munich usually wins the title.
That's because of the more investment they do in the teams like PSG and compared to all other teams they have a much better financial situation.

Watching them would be often boring, because we already who will emerged as the winner, unlike other competitive leagues that requires good chances of performances. PSG may struggle to win other important prizes, but not Ligue One. I've been watching the Parisians and the Bavarians, who have both adopted exactly the same approach to the game. PSG and Bayern Munich maintained their unchallenged supremacy in their respective competitions. They almost certainly win their domestic league title every season, making other teams appear weak and unfit to complete their obligations.

[len01]

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I really don't think Mbappe has any major problems. We would actually have to wait till the season begins to be able to properly place him in the category where he best fits.
He is no doubt one of the best and many clubs would scramble to sign him. He doesn't really want to stay on. I think he wants to stretch himself in another top league like premier league or Spanish league. These are two of the top most soccer leagues where his abilities would be put on a display and he might even get nominated as world best, if he supercedes expectation.
Let PSG allow the young player leave if he wants to because coercing him to play on when he doesn't really want to might make him struggle through the season also.

Im also not saying that Mbappe has too big a problem but only about freedom. I mean Mbappe is one of the young players who has very good quality, his talent is extraordinary and he just wants to leave PSG and choose the right team to continue his career to get more worthy titles in other competitions so that according to the talent he had while he was young .
I know he just has to stay until next year and his contract expires and choose where he will go and until now I started having bad thoughts if Mbappe is still confused about where he will move and I think the chances of the team to be chosen are from the EPL or La Liga that has high potential to pursue the title of champion league competition.

[makishart]

The way for PSG to get dembele from barcelona becomes even closer right now. Dembele has asked barcelona for permission to start a negotiation with PSG regarding his transfer from barcelona to the PSG. Dembele really puts respect to the barcelona.

Following this weekend’s reports that Paris Saint-Germain had stepped up their efforts to bring in Ousmane Dembélé, L’Équipe are reporting this afternoon that the French international has asked Barcelona for permission to negotiate with the Ligue 1 champions.

The former Rennes and Borussia Dortmund man’s €50m release clause expires at midnight tonight, after which the fee needed to sign him will double. L’Équipe indicate that the player’s representatives and PSG have agreed on the outlines of a deal that will cover four to five years.

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2023/ousmane-dembele-asks-barcelona-for-permission-to-speak-to-psg/

PSG saw the previous results i the friendly matches are bad result for the team. Enrique seems to try to build it again from zero to hero. Signing dembele gonna be one of the best transfer that may be made by PSG. I do know how good dembele in barcelona.
He has been played for so many seasons in barcelona. There will be more names to come very soon. I expect if PSG gonna buy a lot of players before the transfer season gonna end.

I read that if PSG tries to approach kolo muani as well.

[rendravolt]

In fact, that's not just about French League but in Bundesliga, we have the same situation and some other teams will never get the chance to race in the league for the top place of the table while Bayern Munich usually wins the title.
That's because of the more investment they do in the teams like PSG and compared to all other teams they have a much better financial situation.

Watching them would be often boring, because we already who will emerged as the winner, unlike other competitive leagues that requires good chances of performances. PSG may struggle to win other important prizes, but not Ligue One. I've been watching the Parisians and the Bavarians, who have both adopted exactly the same approach to the game. PSG and Bayern Munich maintained their unchallenged supremacy in their respective competitions. They almost certainly win their domestic league title every season, making other teams appear weak and unfit to complete their obligations.

Every team has its period, but if you talk about it, Juventus has also dominated Serie A for a very long time and finally in the last few seasons they are now unable to compete again to occupy the throne. I think PSG and Bayern Munich really have it all, especially since they don't really have enough competitors to threaten the title they have every season. However, if the management has problems or is not right in building the squad, I think both of them can experience the same thing as Juventus in Serie A. As a big team in Ligue 1, PSG must immediately clean up all the noise and must prove that they are able to remain consistent. Don't let other teams take advantage of their current weakness.

[JeffBrad12]

It is hard to believe in them to be this consistent in the Ligue 1 two seasons in a row for now. Because they are losing their players who played a big role in this success one by one lately.

Lens were activelly selling its players but the club was also investing to the new player. The key was in how good the development that being made by lens to the new players. Lens is now in preparation to buy charles de ketelaere.
I think that the club is trying to hard to compete in UCL next season. Lens will be playing in UCL along with PSG. The trench league was sending two candidates for this season.  Even though lens already sold many of its players but it can still consistent.

It's not comparable with PSG as lens is not as rich as PSG. I think that club will be doing some preparations before it will be going to face UCL next season.
I hope lens will able to perform so well in UCL.

[Davian144]

In fact, that's not just about French League but in Bundesliga, we have the same situation and some other teams will never get the chance to race in the league for the top place of the table while Bayern Munich usually wins the title.
That's because of the more investment they do in the teams like PSG and compared to all other teams they have a much better financial situation.

That's quite logical, because a team with a very good financial level and daring to make steps to invest in buying players and releasing players who are no longer needed are teams that are always competing to win titles so in the Bundesliga and French League itself this is always easier. seen because there are only two or one team who always make different steps so that the results they get are also very clear at the end of the season. An example is the team you said, PSG and Bayern Munich.

[shogun47]

Lens got what they wanted from the previous season and now they are even in the Champions League. I don't expect them to do amazing things there of course. But even joining the group stage and being a part of it help them make a lot of extra money. You know a great deal of money is given to the teams in this stage just for joining it.

It is hard to believe in them to be this consistent in the Ligue 1 two seasons in a row for now. Because they are losing their players who played a big role in this success one by one lately.

Not to forget that there is a chance to catch a group that could be quite doable for them. The remarkable thing about Lens is that they didn't just come second in Ligue 1, but that they did it with 84 points and only lost 4 games last season. I guess this is enough of a warning to many clubs to not underestimate them. There wasn't any luck involved. Finishing the season with a 19 points advantage over Monaco is strong. With a bit of luck they can find a group that might leave them with a chance to successfully survive the group stage. I don't know Lens well, but I assume that this would be new territory for them.

Yes, they finished the league with less defeat than Paris SG. While Paris SG finished the league with 7 losses, Lens was defeated only 4 times. This should not be forgotten either. They have achieved important victories in the league. Although they do not have as strong a squad as Paris SG, it is something that proves their quality that they continue the leadership race so well.

Right and they have done relatively ok with their transfers as well. They did lose Openda, which is really a significant loss to them since he scored 21 goals in the last season. Bute decided to go to RB Leipzig and Lens couldn't say no to the 43 million. As it is also known Fofana is going to join Ronaldo at Al-Nassr, but they have some interesting new players under contract now. They could also sign Fulgini who did some decent work for the team as well. So the biggest change is Openda and now it will be important to them to compensate for the gap. 

[Iranus]

It was quite an enjoyable match. PSG has a lot of weaknesses inside it's pretty clear. However, PSG's gameplay is stabilizing somewhat due to Luis Enrique's match strategy.

PSG needs experienced players in attack. This is PSG's main weakness at the moment. We still don't know which players Enrique is considering as replacements for Messi and Mbappe. On the other hand, even though PSG's defense has experienced players, their performance is not good. Luis Enrique needs to work more on PSG's defense. I think Luis Enrique will add new players to PSG's attack and midfield soon.
Despite PSG's defeat, Tader's gameplay has seen some improvement. In the previous match, they lost 3-2 against Japanese team Cerezo Osaka.

[X-ray]

PSG's attempt to sign Osimhen or Kane will be challenging because of the obstacles. Napoli is protecting Osimhen, and Kane has already agreed to join Bayern. The chance owned by PSG to recruit kane or osimhen is almost zero.
PSG must shift to another striker and kolo muani can be considered as a good candidate for a new striker. Kolo muani was fast, and he has very good skill in creating goals. Kolo muani has been competing with some strong striker last season in the bundesliga.
He gonna be a good add for the club caused by muani has very good productivity last year. His price was not so high like osimhen or kane. PSG can compete with another club to get him easily from the bundesliga club.

PSG have been left frustrated in their pursuits of Kane and Osimhen this summer. While Kane himself is keen on joining Bayern Munich, Napoli have set a massive price of €200 million on their star striker Osimhem which has prompted the Ligue 1 giants to look away.
As a result, the club has now renewed its interest in Eintracht Frankfurt forward, Randal Kolo Muani,

https://www.goal.com/en/news/psg-frankfurt-randal-kolo-muani-frustrated-victor-osimhen-harry-kane-pursuits/blt42dc1085b6ffa895

As reported by goal if PSG is still trying to get him right now. The club shall have agreed with the fees given by frankfurt to get him.

I strongly believe muani gonna be a good striker to replace mbappe. He is an underrated striker.

[sana54210]

Every team has its period, but if you talk about it, Juventus has also dominated Serie A for a very long time and finally in the last few seasons they are now unable to compete again to occupy the throne. I think PSG and Bayern Munich really have it all, especially since they don't really have enough competitors to threaten the title they have every season. However, if the management has problems or is not right in building the squad, I think both of them can experience the same thing as Juventus in Serie A. As a big team in Ligue 1, PSG must immediately clean up all the noise and must prove that they are able to remain consistent. Don't let other teams take advantage of their current weakness.

PSG may end up losing the title here and there time to time if you ask me, they already did to Lille and that may happen again in the future. I do not know when it would happen, the deadline for Mbappe contract situation is over now, so he is definitely and officially free to go next season and PSG is adamant about selling him, he is on sale without a doubt.

I don't know what will come out of this, it is not going to be easy and looking at how Real Madrid needs a striker, even though they may end up getting him for free next summer, whatever his one year worths, they should be willing to pay for that much. That would really be good, maybe not 300 million, but pay like 100-150 million to get him, they have that kind of money and would be so much better this year too.

[hahay]

In fact, that's not just about French League but in Bundesliga, we have the same situation and some other teams will never get the chance to race in the league for the top place of the table while Bayern Munich usually wins the title.
That's because of the more investment they do in the teams like PSG and compared to all other teams they have a much better financial situation.

That's quite logical, because a team with a very good financial level and daring to make steps to invest in buying players and releasing players who are no longer needed are teams that are always competing to win titles so in the Bundesliga and French League itself this is always easier. seen because there are only two or one team who always make different steps so that the results they get are also very clear at the end of the season. An example is the team you said, PSG and Bayern Munich.

But unfortunately, PSG's capacity is limited to Ligue 1 and has not been able to dominate the Champions League so far. In fact, last season PSG has done well by bringing in star players who are very experienced in winning Champions League titles. But again and again, PSG still fails because competing teams have better management. Entering the new season, but it seems that the squad PSG has is also not as good as last season so yes, to go further in the Champions League it will still be difficult despite the fact that PSG has good finances. Also, to get good dominance in Ligue 1 next season, I think at this moment maybe PSG will be a little doubtful too to be able to defend and win back the Ligue 1 trophy.

[shinratensei_]

PSG needs experienced players in attack. This is PSG's main weakness at the moment. We still don't know which players Enrique is considering as replacements for Messi and Mbappe. On the other hand, even though PSG's defense has experienced players, their performance is not good. Luis Enrique needs to work more on PSG's defense. I think Luis Enrique will add new players to PSG's attack and midfield soon.
Despite PSG's defeat, Tader's gameplay has seen some improvement. In the previous match, they lost 3-2 against Japanese team Cerezo Osaka.

Agreed, PSG has been showing horrible performance. It has so many shoots but only a few were on targets. PSG was always dominating the ball possessions, but it could not maximize the chance. That makes the club was missing a lot of opportunities.
PSG really needs good attacking lines. The current players were so bad in having proper finishing. Asensio and soler were playing so badly during the match. I don't even think PSG will able to compete in UCL with the this quality.
PSG's level is far lower compared with the last season. No doubt if so many people were predicting PSG to leave from the UCL after it was playing in the group stage.

Intermilan is still adapting with the new striker. Marcus thuram was not able performing as good as lukeku when he becomes a partner for lautaro martinez. There must be so many evaluations for PSG in attacking lines.
Buying a new striker is a must for PSG. I saw that how enrique was rotating the players in attacking lines.

[marcous]

PSG may end up losing the title here and there time to time if you ask me, they already did to Lille and that may happen again in the future. I do not know when it would happen, the deadline for Mbappe contract situation is over now, so he is definitely and officially free to go next season and PSG is adamant about selling him, he is on sale without a doubt.

I don't know what will come out of this, it is not going to be easy and looking at how Real Madrid needs a striker, even though they may end up getting him for free next summer, whatever his one year worths, they should be willing to pay for that much. That would really be good, maybe not 300 million, but pay like 100-150 million to get him, they have that kind of money and would be so much better this year too.

It is true that the July 31 deadline for the contract renewal given by PSG management to Mbappe has expired, Mbappe will automatically be sold without the slightest doubt by PSG this summer. Reportedly PSG will report Real Madrid to FIFA in the near future, PSG suspects that Madrid have reached an underhand agreement with Mbappe and approached his players without their permission. I think this will add to the complexity of the French national team striker's transfer process.

It could be that the pressure received by PSG due to Real Madrid actions will result in Mbappe being sold to rival club Barcelona. There are rumors Barca are working out a strategy to sign Mbappe and swap him for three of their players Gavi, Dembele and Raphinha.